thanks, I'm going to try this ! On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:21 PM, amar akshat <amar.aks...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > In the grub menu , press E. > Goto 1st line and in the end append : init=/bin/sh > > now press ENTER and the 'B' to boot. > > Wen u enter the sh:#. > sh:# mount -o remount -n / > now either of the two. > sh:# passwd > > or > sh:# vi /etc/passwd > in the first line beside root:x:.bla bla > just remove x. > > and now your root doesnt have any password. > > Regards, > Amar Akshat > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Amit <bamit0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > oh you can change it follow following step > > > > at grub menu press e (ubuntu 8.10 must be selected) > > add "init=/bin/bash rw "( without "") at the end of line starting with > > kernel > > you will be prompt to commandline with root login > > > > #passwd <user name> > > new password > > confirm password > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Raghav Dwivedi <raghav.he...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > hi, > > > I'm using Ubuntu 8.10, I forget my login password! > > > how do i recover that ? > > > _______________________________________________ > > > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Amit Bhardwaj > > m: 9968914111, > > email:bamit0...@gmail.com <email%3abamit0...@gmail.com> < > email%3abamit0...@gmail.com <email%253abamit0...@gmail.com>> < > > email%3abamit0...@gmail.com <email%253abamit0...@gmail.com> < > email%253abamit0...@gmail.com <email%25253abamit0...@gmail.com>>>, > > bhardwaj.amit0...@yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > > > > > > -- > Research Associate, > MIT-LEACH Simulation. > > Still in the, > Dept. Of Computer Engineering, > Sikkim Manipal Institute Of Tech > > Phone # : +919932389841 > www.ramaprasad.info > www.geocities.com/algeekoders. > > > > "Where You See a Feature I See a Flaw.." > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
